There are not many blogs out there dedicated to cooking on a pellet smoker. I have been cooking, grilling & smoking over 35 yrs now. I recently bought a Traeger Lil Tex Elite pellet smoker & have cooked on it over six yrs. now. I would like to share recipes & info I have gained from cooking on it.
Update 2014: I have plenty of recipes here for the pellet smoker so I am now including other outdoor cooking and some of my indoor cooking too.

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Monday, March 20, 2017

Crowders & Snaps W/ Cajun Brats

Mar 20 2017

Sunday’s supper was for me and the wife ate other leftovers.
I had some crowders; a member of the field pea family along with lady creams
and black eyed pes. They are not really peas but beans that were brought here
from Africa. They grow well in the southern climate. The crowders were named
because of the closeness, now crowded they were in the pods.

I used a recipe from Mary of Deep South Dish; Crowders and
Snaps, green beans. I soaked the peas overnight. I followed her recipe and for
seasoning I used salt, pepper, a teaspoon of Cholula hot sauce.

I browned up 5 thick slices of bacon to use. I cooked the
beans with water for the first hour and added half the bacon. After an hour I
added the rest of the bacon, sautéed onions, seasoning and green beans for
another 30 minutes or more.

I had smoked some Cajun brats in my Traeger for 1 ½ hours
and heated up to have with my beans. I used a slotted spoon to just get the beans
and had a biscuit and some Maille mustard for my brat. Tasted great; tonight I
will eat some with the broth like soup.

Note: the crowders really swell up and I have enough beans
to feed a small army!

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I started cooking when our children were in highschool & my wife worked.I was layed off during the summer & just kinda took over the kitchen & my wife does most all the cleanup. We are both retired now. I am a recipe hound, love to try new things. I suppose my cooking methods have evolved from Mid West Ohio, Southern, Soul, Cajun, Creole, & German, all of which I love.